Sections featuring recommended African, Caribbean, Indian, Jewish, Korean, Latino, Middle Eastern, Native American, and Russian children’s books, audiovisual materials, and websites, as well as programming themes.
A compilation of 36 articles ranging from outreach to technology.
Services of this oldest continuing GLBTI organization in New Jersey include a variety of meetings, a directory of groups and services, a speaker's bureau, assistance to youth, and a hotline. Notice too the links and programs buttons.
Alire, C., & Archibeque, O. (1998). Serving Latino communities: a how-to-do-it manual for librarians. Neal-Schumann.
This book’s goals are to “help library staff understand the needs of their library's Latino community; develop successful programs and services; obtain external funding for improved services; prepare staff to work more effectively with Latinos; establish partnerships with relevant external agencies and organizations; improve collection development; and do effective outreach and public relations. Includes sample handouts and flyers; a resource directory with selected publications, organizations, and sites.”
Services at the Hartford Public Library in Connecticut include a directory of immigration services, international internet sites, cultural venues (e.g., relevant media venues), and an especially useful list of sources for learning the English language.
ASCLA establishes standards and guidelines that align with its vision to build capacity for libraries serving special populations, state library agencies, specialized libraries, library cooperatives and library consultants. These standards and guidelines are created and approved by its members.
